时间表 (shí jiān biǎo) — schedule, timetable | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

时间表 is a concrete written schedule or timetable (e.g. a printed list of times for classes or transport). 时间 is just 'time'; 日程 is a schedule of planned events, day by day.

noun

scheduletimetable

Measure word · 张

Examples

时间表？。
Nǐ de shí jiān biǎo ne? gěi wǒ kàn kàn.
Where is your schedule? Let me see.
时间表。
Zhè ge shí jiān biǎo xiě dé hěn qīng chǔ.
This schedule is written very clearly.
。
Wǒ men àn shí jiān biǎo shàng kè.
We have class according to the schedule.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

时间time

时shítime间jiāninterval

偏正Modifier + head

时间 supplies time and 表 supplies a chart, making a schedule.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 時; 时 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun; day

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

之zhī時shí

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 時 pairs 日 (sun/day) with 之 as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 时 is not the form described.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

衣衣yīgarment; clothing
毛毛máohair; feather

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

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